Gas-producer.



No. 811,208. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

G. ELLIS. GAS PRODUCER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.15, 1905,

OARLETON ELLIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO COMBUSTION` UTILITIES COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, Il. Y., A, CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

- GS-FHODUGEn Patented dan. 30, 1906.

Application ned nach 15,1905. sena No. 250,178.

T all wiz/0m) z'ft may cm1/cern:

Be it known that I, CARLETON ELLIS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented ce1'- tain new and useful Improvements in Drycontained in the producer-gas. these objects by the apparatus illustrated in Seal Gas-Producers, of which the following is a specification.

'Mj ,invention relates to improvementsin gas-producers in which the water seal for the collection and removal of ash is dispensedl with and the objects of my improvement are, first, to provide a means for the easy removal of the dry ash" and clinker-froni the lower part of the producer; second,to secure an even distribution of the blast-gases throughout the mass of gas-producing fuel; third',

to do away with water and moisture in the lower part of the producer in order to reduce as far as possible the amount of hydrogen i I attain the accompanying drawings, in which- F1gure 1` is a vertical section of the apparatus ,Fig 2, an elevation in which the lower part of the producer is shown in section along the line A A of Fig. 1.

Similar figures refer to similar parts in the two views.

Referring to Fig. 1, 1 is a shell having the lining 2, of fire-brick or other refractory material. 3 is an outlet for the combustible gas. dis a feed-hopper provided with the lid 5 and coal-spreading device 6; The lower part of the lining 2 increases in thicknessnear the base and forms the shoulder 7. Extending midway or diametrically across the producer and spanning the ash-pit is the deiiecting or blast battle-8, which has, as shown in Fig. 2, deflecting o r sloping; sides. The baille 8 is supported by the i atmentQ, which divides the ashpit 10 into two chambers. Outlet-passages 1 1 11 in the lower part of this divided ash-pit are provided with screw conveyers 12 12, which may be actuated by the wheels 13 13. The ash-pitis provided with poking-holes 14 14 for breaking up clinker aggregations. Pokeholes are alsovprovided at 15. The disposition of twyers or blast-inlets is shown at 16.

My method of operation is as follows: A ire is started in the producer and coal is fed in through the hoppers e 4 until a deep bed of ignited coal is obtained. When in a suitable State of ignition for the production of gas, an

air-blastis directed through the twyers 16 16, strikingagainst the blast-baille 8. The blast is .deflected upward and passes uniformly through the mass of fuel. By the time the gases have reached the upper level they will be found converted into combustible gas.

which may be removed through the pipe 8 and carried to the place of consumption. The ash which forms in .the lower part of the producer collects in the ash-pit 10. This ash may be removed from time to time by operating the screw conveyors 12 12. In case the ashes forni a'bridge or arch in the ash-pit and .refuse to fall into the conveyors a bar may be inserted at 14 to break up such formation.

I do not limit myself to the exact' form of construction herein described. For instance,

.I do not wish to restrict myself to the use of carbon dioxid as a waste product in large quantities. The combustion. portion of the gas produced by such a method is largely carbon monoxid, together with some methane and other products of destructive distillation of the fuel, and, moreover7 contains little or no hydrogen. It 4is therefore particularly ada ted for use in the operation of internaleXp osion engines.

What I claim as my invention, andl desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a dry-sealed gas-producer, the combination of a shell with closed lower end forming an ash-chamber7 a screw conveyer for removing ash from the chamber, a bafflewall s anning the shell above the chamber, and b ast-twyers piercing the sides of the shell and directed against the baffle-wall.

2. In a dry-sealed gas-producer, the combination of `a shell with closed lower end j forming an ash-chamber, a screwl conveyer for removing ash from the chamber, an up- IOO wardly-tapering baffle-wall s aiming the shell above the chamber, and Il) last-1;Wye1s piercing the sides of the shell and'directed against the baille-Wall.

3. In a dry-sealed as-producer the combination of a shell with a closedl lower end forming an ash-chamber, a partition across the chamber, subdividing it into compartments, a screw conveyer for removing the ash in each compartment, an upwardly-tapering baffle-wall spanning the shell above the artition and supported thereby, and b asttwyers piercing the sides of the shell and 'directed against the baille-wall.

4. In a dry-sealed gas-producer, the combination-of a shell-With a closed lower end forming an ashchamber, a partition across the chamber, subdivding it into compartments, a screw conveyer `for removing the ash in each compartment, an upwardly-tapering bafile-wall spanning the shell above the partition and placed at an angle thereto, and blast-twyers piercing lthe sides of the shell and directed against the baille-wall.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 13th day of March, A. D. 1905.

' CARLETON ELLis.

Witnesses:

JAS. K.. CLARK, A. M. SENIOR. 

